M6 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 315/3 to 314/4)

Planned

M6 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 315/3 to 314/4)

Start time
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 8:00 PM
Expected end
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
9 hours
Road
M6 – M6 Southbound Within J23
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 10:52 AM
Last updated
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 3:16 AM
Cleared
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M6 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 315/3 to 314/4)
Coordinates
53.475773, -2.637759
Latitude span
53.472215 – 53.479046
Longitude span
-2.641802 – -2.634202
Bounding box centre
53.475631, -2.638002
Location descriptions
  • M6 southbound within J23
  • M6 southbound between J24 and J23
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 8:00 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
9 hours
Probability code (raw)
probable
Compliance option (raw)
mandatory
Source identification (raw)
roadworks
Management type value
other
Contra-flow flag (raw)
false
Width restriction flag (raw)
false
Height restriction flag (raw)
false
Weight restriction flag (raw)
false

Segment 1

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound within J23
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{763FFC13-7EF6-46D6-96D8-70ECBFCC154E}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
375 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.475206 -2.636818
53.473679 -2.635394
53.473304 -2.635072
53.472561 -2.634458
53.472346 -2.634289
53.47223 -2.634212
53.472215 -2.634202

Segment 2

13 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J24 and J23
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{B0D3B501-7E87-48A1-BCDC-B8CB29D20692}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
186 m
To Distance
713 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.479046 -2.641802
53.479021 -2.641757
53.47894 -2.641636
53.478494 -2.640966
53.477942 -2.640159
53.477629 -2.639732
53.47712 -2.639077
53.477031 -2.63897
53.476897 -2.638787
53.476361 -2.638146
53.47579 -2.63749
53.475382 -2.637022
53.475307 -2.63694

Segment 3

2 coordinate pairs
Description
M6 southbound between J24 and J23
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start2 End1
Linear Element Road
M6
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{4905B81F-5E2E-4989-AC95-47719E3CD2FD}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
13 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
53.475307 -2.63694
53.475206 -2.636818
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
22
First coordinate pair
-2.636818, 53.475206
Road section segments
1
Road section points
22
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 10:52 AM
Record versioned
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 3:16 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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